Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°
Moon age
12.3days
Moon phase on January 21, 1997Waxing Gibbous
On Tuesday, January 21, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
400,703 km248,986 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 21, 1997 is on Thursday, January 23, 1997 at 15:11 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1997 at 04:26 UTC, 12 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, January 15, 1997 | 20:02 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, January 23, 1997 | 15:11 |
The Moon around January 21
More about this date
Tuesday, January 21, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1997 to the new moon of February 7, 1997, a cycle of 29.44 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1997, or the whole moon calendar 1997.
- The same date one year apart: 1996 · 1998.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.